My sweet baby boy is ONE!
What a year it has been!
It's been a hard year and babies certainly aren't easy but they most
definitely are snuggly little blessings.
I'm so thankful for baby Kyle!
What's Kyle up to at 12 months?
Development:
- Kyle has really changed this month
He seems older because he interacts with us more
-He says a few words:
Mama, all done, uh (oh), buh (for bye), and
Eraw (for Erik, I think, although he says this at other times as well)
-He waves goodbye (he LOVES the bus and waves frantically at it)
- He has learned how to point at things and seems quite amused by this
-Peek-a-boo and Chase are his favorite games
-No walking yet although he cruises along furniture and will stand
alone for a couple seconds if he is distracted (and forgets to hold onto something)
Eating:
His self-feeding skills have improved drastically in the past two weeks
He also suddenly went from eating almost exclusively pureed foods to mostly table foods
He loves blueberries, watermelon, cheese, bananas, muffins
He really seems to enjoy eating in general and happily ate cucumber and tomato for lunch today
He is still nursing 4-5 times in 24 hours.
My supply has been so much lower this time!
We made it to one year with no supplemental formula, but I have only ONE
bag of frozen milk left in the freezer!
Working part-time, being under great stress while Daron was sick, and traveling
without Kyle (twice to California, once to WI, and once to KS) has hurt my supply.
We will transition to (organic) cows milk slowly now (if he is able to tolerate it).
Sleeping:
Kyle has been a pretty good sleeper for us.
He does still get up once at night fairly often.
I still nurse him if he gets up (because it's quick and easy) but plan to cut this
out for good in the next week or so.
He likes his "plug" still for sleeping.
He goes to bed awake.
He cries sometimes, other times he just goes right to sleep.
He takes two naps a day.
Health:
He's been a healthy baby.
No antibiotics during his first year of life. (Yay!)
He was my only baby without reflux too!
He has never had an ear infection, but starting in early May
had fluid in his middle ear every time the doctor's checked them.
After 12 weeks of this, I took him in for an ENT consult.
They agreed he had bilateral fluid.
A hearing test showed mild hearing "loss" attributed to the fluid.
So ON his 1st birthday, Kyle became Chen baby #3 to get tubes in his ears.
He did well, no complications from the procedure.
Kyle also appears somewhat cross-eyed in his photos.
I think this is due to being half-Asian but he will
see an pediatric opthamologist tomorrow.
He weighs about 21 pounds.
I think he is close to 30 inches but I don't know for sure!
Personality:
Kyle has a big personality.
He LOVES to be held. All.The.Time!
And being held doesn't make him happy unless you are
walking around and busy.
He is a very, very loud shrieking baby.
If he isn't being held he tends to follow me from place to
place shrieking. Hahaha!
He is a big mama's boy at the moment.
He does well with our sitter's at home, but
freaks out completely if I try to put him in the church or gym daycare.
He does not go willingly to anyone else if I am holding him (most of the time)
but once they have him, his protests are short lived.
He is a playful little guy.
He loves to be chased, play peek-a-boo, play with balls,
climb in the dishwasher, and play outside.
He loves to be messy and dirty.
Dirtier the better for this kid!
He likes his siblings but doesn't want them to pick him up
or touch him (unless he initiates it).
He likes to tackle Carson which is pretty cute!
He is still a little bit grumpy but this is likely
related to his desire to be held all.the.time and being
the 4th baby which makes it difficult to meet this need every second.
He has a LOT of hair and it is long enough that it finally lays down.
I love his big 'ol head of hair!
Sweet baby Kyle!
We love you and are so glad you are part of our family!
Happy Birthday dear one!
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He's Just. The. Cutest!
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